Overall Green Earthquake in Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 08 Mar 2023 00:11 UTC

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M 4.8 in Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 08 Mar 2023 00:11 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1363679
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	35.2839 , -35.114
Event Date:	08 Mar 2023 00:11 UTC 07 Mar 2023 22:11 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at:	08 Mar 2023 00:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 ()

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000ji10	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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